Take-Home Final ExamLanguage and Culture (ANTH 213D;
Take-Home Final ExamLanguage and Culture (ANTH 213D; Winter 2015)Due date: Thurs March 12 @ 10am in HSS RM 231A.Instructions: You must answer the question in section ( I), and any other question insection( II). Each question should not be more than a 3 page- type-written essay ( butnot also a few paragraphs or one-page). Please begin each essay on a separate page (12pt font size- double-spaced is recommended). Note: clarity of expression, the appropriateuse of examples from the assigned book and concepts learned in class will be taken intoaccount in awarding points. Make sure that each essay has introduction, body andconclusion. Provide page numbers of cited quotations from the ethnography. Lateand electronically submitted papers will not be accepted.Section I (this question must be answered for 30 points)a) Drawing on the concept of Muy Macha as explained by T REX, discuss four mainways in which Homegirls transgress societal gender norms. What consequences do theysuffer for these transgressions and do you think the punishments are justified for theiractions?Section II (answer only one question for 20 points)b) Describe the circumstances that led Norma into studying Gang dynamics. What weresome of the initial challenges that confronted her in the course of her ethnographicresearch at the SJHS? Which, in your view, were the most challenging and why?c) Drawing on the concept of positionality as discussed in class, discuss the ways inwhich Norma’s ethnographic study of the homegirls was either facilitated or hinderedby the social group she was studying. Give 4 specific examples from the book in supportof your response.d) Identify and discuss two of the hypotheses that have been put forward in theethnography by Norma Mendoza-Denton to account for girls’ involvement in gangactivities. Which one is informing the author’s analysis of the experience of Homegirls?Good Luck
